#E9AB59#E9AB59

#E9AB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9AB59
RGB	rgb(233, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, 14.33, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 52.32, 74.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.038 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.123 72)
XYZ	xyz(49.9734, 47.1745, 15.9228)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9AB59 #5997E9

analogous

#E96359 #E9AB59 #DFE959

triadic

#E9AB59 #59E9AB #AB59E9

tetradic

#E9AB59 #59E963 #5997E9 #E959DF

square

#E9AB59 #59E963 #5997E9 #E959DF

split-complementary

#E9AB59 #59DFE9 #6359E9

monochromatic

#B06E17 #E29023 #E9AB59 #F0C68F #F7E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E9AB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#E9AB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9AB59

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9AB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9AB59	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c48a',
    500: '#e9ab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ab59;
$custom-light: #f4c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78375,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.47171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9AB59

secondary

#B5CBE9

accent

#65D90D

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9AB59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →